Conservation Innovation Grants FY 2008 Florida State Component | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) FY 2008 Florida State Component is a discretionary grant opportunity offered through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Florida State Office, designed to spur the development, testing, and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. The focus is on practical, on-the-ground conservation innovation, and all proposed projects must be implemented within the State of Florida. Funding is awarded competitively, meaning applications are reviewed and selected based on merit rather than distributed by formula or entitlement.

For FY 2008, NRCS set aside an estimated total of $150,000 for the Florida State CIG competition, with an expectation of making about four awards. Individual award amounts are anticipated to range from a $10,000 minimum (award floor) up to a $75,000 maximum (award ceiling). Projects may run from one to three years in duration, allowing applicants to propose anything from shorter pilot demonstrations to multi-year efforts that validate and encourage broader adoption of a conservation method or tool. A cost-sharing or matching requirement applies, so applicants should be prepared to contribute non-federal resources (cash and/or eligible in-kind support, depending on program rules) to help complete the project.

The opportunity is tied to CFDA number 10.912, which is associated with the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). While CIG is its own competitive grant mechanism, it is generally aligned with EQIP-style conservation priorities and outcomes, meaning projects are expected to support measurable environmental benefits and promote conservation practices that can be replicated by producers, land managers, or partner organizations across Florida. The core intent is to move beyond standard practice by piloting, demonstrating, or accelerating the uptake of approaches that are new or not yet widely used in the state, especially where there is clear potential for scalability and real-world impact.

NRCS identified three component areas available under the FY 2008 Florida State CIG competition: the Natural Resource Concerns Component, the Technology Component, and the Wildlife Component. Although the announcement excerpt does not list specific topic priorities under each component, the structure signals that proposals can be oriented toward addressing key resource issues (such as soil, water, air, or related conservation concerns), advancing or demonstrating new tools or technical methods (equipment, systems, decision-support tools, monitoring methods, or implementation techniques), or improving wildlife-related conservation outcomes (habitat, species considerations, and management approaches that deliver wildlife benefits alongside working lands conservation). Applicants would generally be expected to define the conservation problem, explain why the approach is innovative, describe how it will be implemented and evaluated, and show how the results will be shared or used to encourage broader adoption.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of applicants across the public, private, nonprofit, and individual spectrum. Eligible applicants include state and local governments (including county governments, city or township governments, and special district governments), independent school districts, federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (including both 501(c)(3) organizations and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, small businesses, and individuals. This wide eligibility reflects the program’s emphasis on innovation and partnerships, allowing proposals from universities, conservation groups, local governments, producer-facing organizations, private sector innovators, and individual practitioners, as long as the project meets program requirements and is carried out in Florida.

Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number USDA NRCS FL 08 01 and a posted/created date of February 27, 2008. The application deadline (original and current closing date) is April 30, 2008. Because awards are competitive and limited by the total funding available, applicants typically need to submit a clear, well-supported project narrative, a realistic budget that accounts for match requirements, and a plan for outcomes and outreach. The notice indicates it provides objectives, eligibility criteria, and instructions necessary to apply, so applicants would need to follow the specific formatting, submission, and documentation rules laid out in the full announcement.

For assistance accessing the full announcement electronically, the listed point of contact is Lynn Merrill, Contracting Officer, at (352) 338-9553. The contact line also references an email address, though it is not fully shown in the provided text.

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